Mental Disorder

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    • Define mental disorder:

      Involves a combination of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours which are usually associated with personal distress. This can impair the ability to function effectively in everyday life.
    • Mental disorders:

      Are commonly used in relation to a clinically diagnosable disorder involving mental health.
    • D-D-Definition:
      Deviant - Distressing - Dysfunctional
    • D-D-Definition: deviant
      actions and reactions are atypical of the person and inappropriate within their culture.
    • D-D-Definition: distressing
      causes deep personal distress or disability in the functioning of everyday life.
    • D-D-Definition: dysfunctional
      there is clinically diagnosable dysfunction in thoughts, feelings, or behaviour.
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